Norway's oil company Statoil decided to make the first steps into the solar sector on Wednesday, associating in a joint venture with Oslo’s renewable energy firm Scatec Solar, targeting the construction of a few large solar plants in Brazil.

Poland's renewable energy installed capacity increased to 6,029 megawatts (MW) in 2014 from 5,511 MW a year earlier, due to more wind and solar plants, as indicated by data from energy market regulator URE on Monday.